The Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
sat Speaker this Day, in the Absence of the Lord
Keeper, who is sick.

Bill concerning Privilege and Judicature in Parliament.

Hodie 2avice lecta est Billa, "An Act for the limiting
of certain Trials in Parliament, and Privilege of Parliament, and for ascertaining the Trial of Peers, and
all other His Majesty's liege People."

ORDERED, That the Consideration of this Bill is
committed to a Committee of the whole House.

To that Purpose, the House was adjourned during
Pleasure; and the Committee of the whole House took
presently the said Bill into Consideration.

The House being resumed;

The Earl of Essex reported, "That the Grand Committee have not gone through in the Consideration
of the Bill for limiting of certain Trials in Parliament,
&c. therefore the House was desired to appoint
another Time to proceed further therein."

Thereupon the House was appointed to sit To-morrow Morning, at Nine of the Clock; and the further
Consideration of this Bill to be the First Business in the
Committee of the whole House.

Committee to consider of Decay of Trade, &c.

ORDERED, That the Committee for considering of the
Reasons and Grounds of the Falling of Rents and Decay
of Trade do meet To-morrow in the Afternoon.

Smithsby's Executors versus Jacob & al.

Upon reading the Petition of Symon Middleton and
John Blackwell Esquires, Executors of Thomas Smithsby
Esquire, deceased, and of James Smithsby, Thomas Hartley, Rebacca his Wife, and Mary Smithsby, Children of
the said Thomas Smithsby; praying, "That Hezekiah
Heynes, One of their Co-executors, who hath combined with Sir John Jacob and others complained of
in their Petition presented to this House on the 29th
Day of October last, may answer to the Complaint of
the Petitioners in their said Petition:"

It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the said Hezekiab Heynes
be, and is hereby, required to put in his Answer in
Writing to the said First Petition, at the Bar of this
House, on Friday the 19th Day of November Instant, at
Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon: And hereof he may
not fail.